Absolute Positioning

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z-index ordering

When two or more elements occupy the same area, some kind of ordering is necessary. The z-index ordering attribute helps the designer set the order in which the elements should be drawn on the screen. This attribute is especially useful when there are relatively or absolutely set elements on the page and they overlap other [...]

z index property and positioning—absolute/relative

CSS allows an overlay of elements to create a 3D effect. The elements can be absolutely positioned in such a way so that they are positioned in overlapping layers. A stacking occurs, and the z-index order value is used to position the layer in the stack and, consequently, the image or text. The code below [...]

Stacking layers

We briefly discussed z-index order and stacking of layers. In this section we shall understand this concept in more detail. CSS allows designers to position boxes on layers, in addition to rendering the layers from 0 to whatever integer value they wish to stack layers in the z-index property. The position of the layer in [...]

The z-index property and images

The zindex property of the element controls the layering. If the text has to be placed on the image, the z-index property can be set to 2 and the z-index property of the text can be set to 1. The text will then overlap the image if the coordinates of the div elements are the [...]